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PIPE HULD'ER.

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HENRY S. FROST, CHARLES S. KILBOURN, AND JAMES B. VVOOLSON,` OF

WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS TO WILLIAMDEMUTH da CO., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PIPE-HOLDER.

SPECIF-IYGATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 588,974, datedAugust 31, 1897. Application filed March 3l, 189i Serial No.` 630,088.(No model.)

ers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention has for its object to provide f a simple and inexpensiveholder for pipes and similar articles which will be self-attaching to acard or in any place where it is required to be used, will .hold eitherangular or round stemmed pipes with the bowls lying iiatwise, and willpermit the pipes or other articles to be readily removed and replaced.

Our novel pipe-holder is made from asingle strip of sheet metal formedto shape and having attaching-lugs blanked out from the metal of thestrip. Y

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,`Figure 1 is a front elevation of our novel pipe-holder, illustrating thedevice in use in holding a pipe,which is shown in dotted lines; Fig. 2,a side elevation corresponding therewith; Fig. 3, a section on the linea: x in Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a view of the blank from which the holderis formed.

Our novel holder consists, essentially, ofa base 1,-havingattaching-lugs 2 pressed out ward therefrom, and two spring-arms,(indicated by 3,) said arms being curved inward toward each other toform a neck 4, then outward and inward again to forma neck 6, andbetween said necks an angular recess 5 to receive the stem of a pipewhich may be either angular or round, the ends of the arms being thenturned outward again, as at 7, to facilitate the insertionofthe pipe.

In use the stem of thepipe is ,passed be tween the outwardly-turned endsand into recess 5, neck 4 acting to prevent the stem from moving fartherinward and holding it rigidly at the required distance from the card(indicated by 9) or other article to which the holder is attache f 8denotes a hole at the center of the base, which may bevused should it berequired to attach the holderin place by a nail or screw.

In packing pipes for transportation and in fixing them upon the cardsfor exhibition it is required that the bowls of the pipes lie flat uponthe card, as indicated in the drawings, and as the stems are liable tobe either angular or round it is necessary that the arms should besoshaped as to hold pipes having either form of stem in this position.Pipes have usually been attached to cards by thread or wire. We are notaware that any simple and inexpensive holder has heretofore beenproduced which would retain all ordinary styles of straight-stemmedpipes with the sides of the bowl lying in contact with the card-andwould permit the pipes to be readily removed and replaced. This,however, is perfectly accomplished by our novel holder. 'Having thusdescribed our invention, we claim- 1 A holder for retaining pipes upon acard with the bowls in contact therewith formed from a single strip ofmetal and consisting of a base, arms bent toward each other to form aneck 4, then outward and inward to form a neck 6 and between said necksan angular recess 5 to receive the stem of a pipe, the ends of the armsbeing curved outward to permit ready insertion of a pipe-stem.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY S. FROST. A

CHARLES S. KILBOURN. JAMES B. WOOLSON. Witnesses:

TEUMAN P. BALDWIN, GEORGE N. GRrswoLD.

